From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.2] i386/dmi_scan updates
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 22:03:18 CEST [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021006200137.8836C62DD7@mallaury.noc.nerim.net> (raw)
> Our console doesn't handle arbitary 8bit encodings. There
> are japanese DMI strings out there for example
OK. Anyway, this is for debugging only and I don't intend to do it right now, if I ever do. I came up to a new patch that I still need to test. I'll be posting it tomorrow if it works as intended. It should solve everything we've been discussing about except ascii filtering.
> Oh as a PS btw don't worry about code size for the dmi
> scanner as it is all marked __init. The entire DMI code
> gets turned back into free memory by the end of the boot
> of the kernel, so you can put complex checks in there if
> it helps
I figured this out right after posting my message. I am really new to kernel code, as you see. I'll remember this, thanks.
Jean Delvare
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2002-10-06 20:03 Jean Delvare [this message]
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2002-10-06 10:12 [PATCH 2.2] i386/dmi_scan updates Jean Delvare
2002-10-06 16:30 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-06 16:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-05 20:19 Jean Delvare
2002-10-05 21:13 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-05 19:36 Jean Delvare
2002-10-05 19:52 ` Alan Cox
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